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He was a rough, wildish lad not worse than his companions, but that was not saying much for him, and it seemed but too likely that he would give his parents trouble. The third boy, Lawrence, was a helpless cripple. He had been hurt in the mine three years before, and it seemed likely he would never walk again. He went by the name of Limping Lawry among the people in the village of Wallford.
There was deep sorrow and tears and groans in the mining village of Wallford that night. Those who had gone forth to their work in the morning in health and spirits, the bread-winners of the family, were never to return. The widows and orphans sorrowed for husbands and fathers, and it was natural that they should sorrow for themselves.
There are regular stables for them cut out of the coal at the bottom of the mine, and they seem to like the life, for they grow sleek and fat. In Wallford mine, in which little Dick worked, there were employed 250 grown men, 75 lads, and 40 young boys. These at once get as black as coal-dust can make them.
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